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Notes that, in many countries, human rights activists are themselves subjected to state persecution. The majority of the member states of the UN therefore agreed in the 1980s that special measures to protect the private life situations & working conditions of human rights activists were needed. However, it was only in 1998 that the Human Rights Commission could agree on a declaration to this end. The document is the result of a compromise & consequently it still leaves room for states to continue to act respectively. Nevertheless, some decisive improvements were achieved. The means by which better protection of human rights activists can be achieved include raising public awareness, award ceremonies, & emergency campaigns by human rights organizations. Foreign diplomats may also exert pressure on governments, but, because of political interests, this option is rarely used. Adapted from the source document.

Gelegentlich wird Amnesty International als Menschenrechtsorganisation des Westens oder des Nordens bezeichnet. Auch wenn AI in Großbritannien gegründet wurde und die Zentrale in London angesiedelt ist, stimmt die These nicht. Denn mittlerweile sind mehr als die Hälfte der 54 AI-Sektionen in Ländern der "Dritten Welt". Vor allem in Afrika entwickeln sich seit einigen Jahren vielversprechende Amnesty-Strukturen. (AI-Journal/DÜI)